The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

Quote by Joan Didion

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The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I...

Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory,...

Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory,...

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its...

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its...

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money...

The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money...

There is in Hollywood, as in all cultures in which gambling is the central activity,...

There is in Hollywood, as in all cultures in which gambling is the central activity,...

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self

Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies...

Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies...

Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?

Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it...

A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it...

Ask anyone committed to Marxist analysis how many angels on the head of a pin,...

Ask anyone committed to Marxist analysis how many angels on the head of a pin,...

You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.

You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it

And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen

And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen

Our mind is the most valuable possession that we have. The quality of our lives...

Our mind is the most valuable possession that we have. The quality of our lives...